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2011 SESSION

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SB 1267 Contraband and unstamped cigarettes; decreases threshold possession amount that triggers jail time.

Introduced by: Stephen H. Martin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Contraband and unstamped cigarettes; penalties. Decreases from 3,000 packs to 500 packs the threshold possession amount of contraband cigarettes that triggers a mandatory jail time. Currently, if an offender is found guilty of possessing 3,000 or more packages of contraband cigarettes, the sentence of such person includes a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 90 days. The bill also changes the felony threshold amount from 3,000 unstamped packs to 500 packs, to mirror the levels set out in the definition for "contraband cigarettes" in the federal Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act.

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• 01/12/11  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11103870D  pdf | impact statements

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HISTORY

• 01/12/11  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11103870D
• 01/12/11  Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
• 01/18/11  Senate: Rereferred from Fin. (10-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/11  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 01/19/11  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 01/26/11  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/11  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/08/11  Senate: Left in Finance